Spinning-machine.



H. RYDBR. SPINNING MACHINE. APPLIoATIoN FILED AUG. 29, 1905. RBNEWBD MAR. 6, 1914.

25 of Fig.` 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional View taken MED 1ST ATEs PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY nanna, on NEW vomi, N. Y., AssrGNoE, BY MEsNE AssmNMENTsro Nmsannoomnen COMPANY.

' SPINNING-MACHINE.

Speciication of Letters atent.

Patented oet. 13, 1914.

. Application filed August 29, 1905, Serial No. 276,268. Renewed March 6, 1914. Serial No. 822,966.

I To all 'whom 'it may cncern.' i

Be it known that I, HENRY RYDER, a citi-- zen ofthe United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State -of 4N ew York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Spinning-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to spinning machines and more especially to machines for spin- -ning fibers around a wire core.

The object of my invention has been to produce a machine that will spin the iibers laround'the wire core so that they will lie parallel to each other and so that when the yarn is under tension, every ber will bear `an equal strain up to t e'limit of its tensional strength.

Referring now to the drawings herewithconsisting of one sheet and four figures, in

which like characters ofreference indicate' corresponding parts throughout the several figures: Figure l isa side elevation par' tially in section, 8f my machine. Fig. 2'I

' isa top plan view of that portion of the machine which is to the right of line A-B on the lineX-Y of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail of my-'Capstan'mechanisrh It should be noted that my invention as .illustrated is composed of twin parts and thus in Fig. 2'there is shown on the'front and to the 'leftto the line C-D, a plan ol the mechanism connected" with the up er f which ,carries a driving shaft 2 upon which the pinioni4 carried by the main shaft 5. Upon the main shaft 5 is mounted a spur V gear '6 whiclrdrives gear 7 rigidlymounted 0 1'1 the lflier 8 through the medium of the in' 2 1, 25, and 26.1

have exactly the same speed of rotation.-

Upon the wire stand 12 is mounted the wire spool 14 from which the wire leads through the hollow spindle 15; through the gear 11; then-ce through a groove in the upper nipperroll 16; over the divider 17; through the sleeve '18; where the fiber is spun about it. v

Thev ber is fed through the trumpet 52 to the endless belt or cha1n`51 which carries lit to the 4nipper rolls 16, and 50 and below the divider 17 where vit enters the sleeve `18 and is then spun about. the wire. The iinished yarn then travels around the capstan sheaves 19 and the guide sheaves 2O and then is woundupon the yarn spool 21.

The yarn spool is supported by the shaft 22 and driven by the hollow shaft 23 which receives its motion through a train of gears l The' gear 24 is loosely' mounted on the shaft 5 and isheld in frictional contact with the gear 6 by means of the spiralspring 27.

The carrier 51 isdri'ven from the driving shaft 2 -by any suitable-means connecting said shaft with the shaft 28. Motion is given the carrier 51 from the. shaft 28,' through the train of speed reducing gears 29, 30 and 31. Thus it is evldent that the speed ofbt'he carrier 51 is quite independent of--the speed of the wire stand 12, and the flier 8. Mounted on theshaft- -is a spur pinionv 53 which meshes with a gear 32 which is carried by a bearing 33 mounted inthe frame 1. The bearing 33 also carries a pinion' 34 which drivesthe gear 35 "mounted on the sleeve 18, through the in- 4 termediate gear 36. is mounted a bevel gear 3 which lI neshes with Upon the inner end of the sleeve 18 isv rigidly mounted a bevelgear 37 which meshes with a bevel gear 38 mounted on a stud. :Mounted on the saine-stud, i's a spur geark 39 which drives the spur' gears 40.l The spur gears 40 are rigidly connected with the capstan sheaves 19.- By means of the trains of gearing last' above described I am able to give .to my yarn the desired lamount of draw or travel with reference to the 'travelof the 'carrier 51 and thus I' anr 100 placed that the iiier 8 and the wire stand 12 able to spin any size of yarn Athat may be desired. lnasmu'ch'as'the, y'nfspool 2l is driven simply by frictional contact as hereinbefore described, its relativetravel with .respect to the flier is just suicient to take up the slack of the yarn as it is delivered from the capstan Vsheaves 19 around the guide sheaves 20. Also mounted on the main shaft 5 is a bevel pinion 41 meshing with the bevel 42 upon the shaft 43 from which motion is transmitted to the shaft 44 by means of a bevel pinion 45 and a gear 46. The shaft 44 is a screw provided with a right and left handed thread and mounted thereon is a nut 47 whose forked end engages the collar 48 on the shaft 23. Thus by means of the train of gearing, the screw shaft, the nut, the collar and the loosely mounted shaft 23 the yarn spool 21 is given a regular longitudinal motion l5back and forth and the yarn is permitted to wind evenly on the spool.

Having thus described the several parts of my machine I will now describe its method of operation.

The wire spool 14`is lled with wire. The end ofthewire is passedI through the hollow spindle 15,0ver the carrier 51, through the groove in the upper nipper roll16 and above the divider 17. The sliver bers are at the same time passed through the trumpet 52 over the carrier 51, between the nipper rollers 16 and 50 and under the divider 17. Thence both the wire and the bers, as acompleted yarn, are carried through the sleeve 18 around the capstan sheaves 19 and the guide sheaves 20 to the yarn spool 21 to which their ends are attached. Power is applied to the driving shaft 2 and the main shaft 5 is revolved. Through the train of gearing 10, 11, and 13 the wire-stand 12 is revolved and at the same time and with the same speed of rotation the ier 8-is driven by means of the train of gears' 6, 7, and 9. Thus it will be evident that because the wire spool and the ier have the same speed of rotation, the wirewill be delivered t6 the' yarn spool free from any torsional twist. The sliver bers as they are delivered from the carrier 51 lie parallel to each other. When these parallel bers reach the sleeve 18, they are, by reason of the rapid rotation of the hier, which carries withit the capstan sheaves, given a twist that lays them still 1..

parallel in a spiral around the untwisted wirelcenter. It should 'be noted that by means `of the construction4 described the bers are not massed into a tape formation but throughout are laid parallel to each other, and so, when put under a strain, every ber bears, up to the limit of its tensile strength, its own share of the strain.

` The speed of feed of the ber is regulated by means of the train of gears 29, 30, and

31. While the ber and wire are being spuntogether, the resulting yarn is given any desired amount of tension and twist, by means of the train of gears 53, 32, 34, 35, and 36 and the train 37, 38, 39 and 40, it being observed that to change the speed of drive of the capstan sheaves 19 it is only necessary to remove the double-gear 32, 34, and substitute one having a different ratio. It will be understood that the rate at which the bers are drawn from the carrier through the sleeve 18 will depend upon the speed of drive of .the capstan sheaves, and that in turn, the

amount of .twist will depend upon` the rate of drawing the bers, since it may be assumed that the speed of rotation of the Hier remains constant, and the number of turns of 4the flier per unit movement of length of the' .bers determines the Vdegree of twist. The completed yarn is then passed around the capstan sheaves 19 and the guide sheaves ,'20 to the yarn spool 21 which as heretofore described isgiven both a rot-ary and a longitudinal motion.

It will -be at once apparent, from the above description, to those skilled in the art that, by means of my invention, I am able to produce a yarn which, when put under strain, Will carry such strain equally distributed throughout every ber and which because every ber lies in parallel relation to every other, will have no hollow center or core.-` Having th'us described `I claim is: l

1. A spinning machine comprising means for feeding ber in straight bers, means for my invention, what feeding a wire and means for spinning said bers parallel' to each other splrally aroun said wire.

2. A spinning machine comprising a sleeve, means I'for feeding a wire ,tosaid sleeve, .means for feeding straight bers to said sleeve and means for spinning said i bers spirally parallel to each other around said wire.

3. A spinning machine comprising a sleeve, means for feeding a wire to said sleeve meansfor feeding straight bers to said sleeve, means for keeping said wire and said bers separate until they reach said sleeve and means for spinning said bers parallel to each other spirally around said wire. y

4. A spinning machine comprising a sleeve, means for feeding, separately to said sleeve, a wire and parallel bers, means for spinning said bers parallel to each other spirally around said wire, and means for giving to the yarn thus spun any desired amount of twist.

5. A lspinning machine` com rising a sleeve, means for feeding separate y tosaid sleeve a wire and parallel bers, means for spinning said bers parallel to each other spirally around said wire, 'and means for winding the yarnl thus spun onto a yarn means'for winding said yarn evenly on a y. spool. 'p yarn spool.

6. A spinning `machine comprising a In testimony whereof I have hereunto set v sleeve, means for feeding separately to said my hand in the presence of two witnesses; sleeve a wire and parallel fibers, means for HENRY RYDER; spinning said bers parallel to each other Witnesses: 4 spirally around said wire, means for giving OoTAvIo -SAYLns,\Jr., any desired twist to the yarn thus spun and JOHN P. EEILS. 

